Understanding the Phaco Machine
37 Understanding the Phaco Machine Barry S. Seibel and William J. Fishkind Modern phaco machine technology upgrades the phaco handpiece to the role of our most diverse and elegant handheld instrument….
Pars Plana Anterior Vitrectomy
20 Pars Plana Anterior Vitrectomy Lisa Brothers Arbisser Every cataract surgeon encounters unplanned vitreous loss. Eyes respond differently, and surgeons are not automatons. Ideally, we would not lose vitreous the same…
Phaco-Chop Procedure: Management and Complications
11 Phaco-Chop Procedure: Management and Complications Brian A. Hunter The age- and sex-adjusted rates of cataract surgery between 1980 and 2011 have increased fivefold, to over 1,200 cases per 100,000 people.1…
Intraocular Lens Implantation
39 Intraocular Lens Implantation Harry B. Grabow and William J. Fishkind Intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, whether phakic or aphakic, entails complications that can occur before, during, or long after implantation. They…
Using Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Devices to Manage Problems in Cataract Surgery
33 Using Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Devices to Manage Problems in Cataract Surgery Steve A. Arshinoff and Thomas A. Berk The developments and innovations that have occurred in the world of viscosurgery over…
Residual Astigmatism with Toric Intraocular Lenses
51 Residual Astigmatism with Toric Intraocular Lenses David R. Hardten, Brent A. Kramer, and John P. Berdahl A toric intraocular lens (IOL) during cataract surgery results in near emmetropia in the…
Microincision Phaco Surgery
54 Microincision Phaco Surgery Louis D. “Skip” Nichamin This chapter discusses routine microincision phaco surgery, which is the technique I currently perform. The discussion focuses on subtle points of the procedure…
The Cow-Hitch Suture Technique
30 The Cow-Hitch Suture Technique Fernando González del Valle, Agustín Núñez Sánchez, Javier Celis Sánchez, Álvaro Fidalgo Broncano, Marcelino Álvarez Portela, Isabel Alonso Martínez, María José Domínguez Fernández, Francisco Javier Lara…
Management of Problems with Descemet’s Membrane
35 Management of Problems with Descemet’s Membrane Randall J. Olson The basement layer of the corneal endothelium is quite inelastic and extremely strong. It is clearly much thicker and tougher than…
Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery
48 Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery Harmanjit Singh and Iqbal Ike K. Ahmed The development of microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) over the last decade has brought this field to an exciting new era….
